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EPA

Springfield and Attorney General Coordinating to Recover $20 Million Feds Snatched…

The federal government has confirmed its cancellation of a $20 million environmental grant to the city of Springfield, but officials are not giving in. There is a formal, administrative appeal process. When city officials learned of the grant’s cancellation, it said it was considering all options. Since then, the city has been in touch with the office of Attorney General Andrea Campbell. That could add some firepower to Springfield’s response.

Biomass

If Biomass Could Turn Back Time; Appeals Court Found a Way…

This past Wednesday, the Massachusetts Appeals Court overturned a lower court ruling and, in effect, reanimated—although did not fully resurrect—the prospect of a biomass plant in Springfield. The decision gives the biomass plant proposed for Page Boulevard enough life to punch open the project’s coffin.

Springfield City Council DCAMM

DCAMM and Springfield Discuss Their Long-term Relationship with the Courthouse…

SPRINGFIELD—Residents of the city and state officials agree something must replace the aging and possibly dangerous Hampden County Courthouse. Yet, they aligned on little else during a nearly two-hour meeting at City Hall. Ward 7 Councilor Timothy Allen, who chairs the City Council’s Finance Committee, convened the meeting to provide residents with another opportunity to hear from state officials and provide feedback.

The Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance (DCAMM) is moving forward with a new courthouse secured via a lease.

Khalil Perkins Coie

Editorial: From Khalil to Perkins Coie, a Trump Threat to Free Speech Is Metastasizing…

Last fall, when we endorsed the Democratic ticket, we warned that Donald Trump sought to target the enemy within. To us, that plainly meant “Americans. Your friends, your neighbors, critics, journalists, indeed, your editor-in-chief.” Three months in, we have seen his will, if not always the power, to execute that prerogative and endanger the Constitutional rights all in this nation possess.

South Hadley April 5

Briefings: The 413 Turns out to Protest Musk/Trump’s Gutting of Agencies & US Itself…

SOUTH HADLEY—Western Mass joined Saturday’s nationwide protests panning the dismantling of government, the Constitution and now the economy under Donald Trump and his ostensible vizier Elon Musk. Layoffs at federal agencies, including at Social Security, has raised public anger, provoking one of the largest rounds of demonstrations since Inauguration Day.

MGM Springfield

Despite Election, MGM Springfield Won’t Play a Hand with Dealers’ Union…

One year ago this month, the New England Joint Board of UNITE HERE won the right to represent dealers at MGM Springfield. As of today, however, the NEJB and MGM are not any closer to an agreement for a simple reason. MGM declines to recognize the election the National Labor Relations Board held, certified and has upheld through its regional office twice.

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